While some of this might constitute some degree of misleading advertising, I don't know why you'd expect marketing for the iPhone to mention that the competition has outdone it in some respects. These are perfectly reasonable observations to make in a third-party nonpartisan account of the marketplace, but you don't go to Apple.com for that.

God man, let the NFC thing die. You can't hardly use it anywhere, and phones with Android on them were NOT the first devices with NFC. I'm not sure how many people know that, but they weren't. NFC is nothing more than a trinket, a gimmick, that gets people bragging about stupid shit that one phone can do that another can't do.

Apart from one claim that is factually wrong (retina type screens only found on iOS devices), and one claim that is highly dubious (iOS most advanced mobile operating system) with the rest of the claims there is nothing wrong. I'm even surprised they didnt write 'by far the largest mobile app store' but stuck with the raw numbers.

But yeah, that retina claim is bizarre, downright misleading (isnt that prohibited?)

Apart from one claim that is factually wrong (retina type screens only found on iOS devices), and one claim that is highly dubious (iOS most advanced mobile operating system) with the rest of the claims there is nothing wrong. I'm even surprised they didnt write 'by far the largest mobile app store' but stuck with the raw numbers.

But yeah, that retina claim is bizarre, downright misleading (isnt that prohibited?)

Apart from one claim that is factually wrong (retina type screens only found on iOS devices), and one claim that is highly dubious (iOS most advanced mobile operating system) with the rest of the claims there is nothing wrong. I'm even surprised they didnt write 'by far the largest mobile app store' but stuck with the raw numbers.

But yeah, that retina claim is bizarre, downright misleading (isnt that prohibited?)

I don't think so. Technically Retina is just a marketing term right?

Yes, but they elaborate on it:

Apple wrote:

The Retina display on iPhone ushered in the era of super-high-resolution displays. Its pixel density is so high, your eye can’t distinguish individual pixels. The images and words are amazingly vivid and crisp. Everything just looks so real. In fact, once you see a Retina display, you’re never satisfied with anything less. Yet it remains a feature found only on iPhone and other Apple products.

So it's clear that this is not about retina 'the brand' but retina 'the feature'.

What do you mean it's wrong?Apple are the only company capable of shipping Retina® displays, and its likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

I'm sure Samsung would love to ship a Retina® display in their new Life Companion, but for now people will have to make do performing Fun Reationship Life Tasks on their Super Wide Full HD screens

Okay, let's forget resolution for a moment there... looks like you have not spent some time working with a Super AMOLED screen. I don't care if I see some pixels (when I pixel peep), what I care is that my colours, contrast and viewing angles are darn right epic. I have both platforms and I can say that while IPS is great, nothing beats AMOLED (so far). Apple would have rocked with it.

What do you mean it's wrong?Apple are the only company capable of shipping Retina® displays, and its likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

I'm sure Samsung would love to ship a Retina® display in their new Life Companion, but for now people will have to make do performing Fun Reationship Life Tasks on their Super Wide Full HD screens

I was thinking they would have to pull that bit in the UK until I notice the sleight-of-hand they were using. But I don't think that will stop someone from taking them to court.

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And the App Store is home to over 800,000 apps — all reviewed by Apple to guard against malware.

And Google Play is projected to hit 1,000,000 before the App Store.

Emphasis added.

Google's store has been projected to pass the App Store every year for the last three years. IIRC at one point there was even a report that said it did, then Apple and Google updated there numbers and it turned out not to be the case. I'm not saying it's impossible for the play store to pass the App Store only that the projections have been wrong and there's no reason to believe this year they will be right.

Dunno, but I guess the right frame of mind is to think that the competition does not stand still and it's utter bullshit to spend more that four minutes just to describe how good the iPhone 5's optics are. My take? Stop exaggerating the obvious and start "innovating" (for the lack of a better word) the bejezzus out of everyone else.

Dunno, but I guess the right frame of mind is to think that the competition does not stand still and it's utter bullshit to spend more that four minutes just to describe how good the iPhone 5's optics are. My take? Stop exaggerating the obvious and start "innovating" (for the lack of a better word) the bejezzus out of everyone else.

That is much better. Apple seems to be standing still. They have been increasing R&D budgets but they could do a lot more.

Trying to manufacture fake controversy where there isn't any. I bet Microsoft paid for the articles too.

This woman is making a gesture at you while her nails are drying! Still comments like yours only re-enforce the idea that most males posting here are Autistic so can't imagine how others might feel as being portrayed as dumb technophobes, only interested in calorie counting apps and technology that allows their fingernails to dry and how to score with a 'hot' doctor.This wasn't irony folks, this was plain dumb; mother-in-law jokes, jokes about women having to lose weight might have gone down well in the 1970's surely we are more sophisticated than that?Making women look like dumb drunk whores for the launch of a tech product might be considered 'irony' or 'kitch' by the lower intelligence members of society , but shouldn't be excused by anyone with an ounce of understanding of the issues involved.